1.7% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 2.4%
- 2016: 2.6%
- 2021: 1.7%
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
Alice River · Suburb / Locality
The languages spoken in homes across the area, beyond English.
A huge gap exists between Alice River and the rest of the country, with far fewer people using a language other than English at home. Only 1.7% of residents speak a different language, which is far below the national figure of 22.3%.
English and the largest community languages.
English is the primary language for 95.9% of the area. While 0.1% of people speak little or no English, this is slightly higher than most similar areas despite being well below the Australian average.
1.7% ▼ -29.6%
Lower than 62% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use a language other than English at home.
0.1% ▼ -45.8%
Higher than 60% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people who use another language at home and speak English not well or not at all. No 2011 figure — that census only asked proficiency of overseas-born residents.
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Language in Alice River [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL30034/alice-river/topic/language